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Mental health promotion. A database of initiatives in Northern Ireland
Title:
Mental health promotion. A database of initiatives in Northern Ireland.
Published:
HPA, March, 1999.

Description:
This document provides an initial database of a range of projects underway in Northern Ireland which aim to promote mental health. The information is presented under six categories:

  • general mental health promotion, which has been universally applied to everybody within or across particular developmental stages or within a particular setting;
  • programmes related to infants and pre-school children within high-risk groups;
  • programmes related to school aged children or young people within high-risk groups;
  • programmes related to adults or older people within high-risk groups;
  • programmes related to individuals or groups with an early or less disabling mental health or behavioural problem, or their carers;
  • programmes related to individuals or groups with an identified severe mental health or behavioural problem or diagnosed mental illness, or their carers.
Format:
A4, 148 pages, spiral bound.
Other formats:
PDF available Here (434kb).
Target group:
Health professionals.
Available from:
Central Health Promotion Resource Services and public libraries.
Additional information:
In the context of this document the aim of mental health promotion is to enhance competence, self-esteem and a sense of wellbeing at the individual level, and to address the broader structures and environments that have negative mental health impacts.
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